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  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

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    Cheap small parts storage

    I bought about 300 of these small boxes from PA and stack them in 2 shelves making it easy to rearrange according to new stuff that comes up now and then. https://www.princessauto.com/en/8-bin-wall-mount-storage-rack/product/PA0009169491
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    Netflix price increase at wrong time entirely

    Just cancelled our subscription yesterday - trying to stray away from all the GAFAM products :(
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    Carbide insert question

    Quick answer would be the following: strength and versatility. Let me explain: V shaped insert 35 degrees allows you to get into tight corners and make small shallow grooves at the same time. Mostly used as a finishing insert with a 1/64 or 1/32 corner radius. The shape vs body allows 2...
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    Tool creep?

    Had this problem (but much worse) the other day when a 1/2 inch endmill was pulled out of my TTS style tool holder and mangled my vise jaw. The tool you have is for a Clarkson holder and could very possibly be pulled out from a collet. ER40 collets tend to have more holding strength then other...
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    Tips/Techniques Rust removal on the cheap, but better than evaporust

    OK guys, you've got me interested enough that I ordered some Citric Acid (2 lb or 907 g) and a box of Baking Soda (1kg). Is it a good idea to mix a batch of 9 liters of water using up the complete bag of Citric Acid and 1/2 of the Baking soda and to keep this stored to be pulled out when...
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    Silly little question

    Look for Zerk fitting oiler ... many types are available.
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    Sherline rotary table, $200, York, ON

    Was a small manufacturing project for my classroom but just never made it to the shop floor:
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    Well I feel stupid - am I the only one?

    It was an older version, the lever in mid position disengaged the complete gear assembly drive train:
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    Well I feel stupid - am I the only one?

    My King 1440 lathe was always in neutral because the sound was so loud - most of the times I would feed by hand to avoid the noise. I sold the machine last summer and bought a smaller 10 x 22 Craftex lathe (CX706) and the noise level is now much lower.
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    How to figure out the 3 wire measurement for a BSW thread

    Using a 0.070" wire, you should get a measurement of 0.9187":
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